THE
LIFELINE TO HEAVEN
O
Child of God!
For
whom Christ died.
Listen
to the voice
Of
your truest guide.
Unseen
I am,
But
just as REAL
As
the WORDS you here read
And
to you I reveal.
God's
MOTHER am I,
Doubt
it not, dear child!
Virgin
Mother of Jesus,
Your
OWN Mother mild.
To
me did He give you
When
dying on the Cross,
Oh!
seek my protection
That
you may not be lost.
From
Heaven above
To
pit you are in,
A
LIFELINE I lower
To
save you from sin.
The
ROSARY it is,
To
save you from HELL-
The
DEEPEST dungeon
Where
the devils fell!
Say
it each day,
Come,
what may!
From
death to LIFE
It's
your surest way.
Stronger
than VICE
Is
the power of prayer,
And
my Rosary BEST
Will
drive out despair.
SATAN
will laugh,
For
well does he know
That
if he does NOT,
From
HIS grasp you go!
Yes,
time it will take,
There
is work to be done,
Yet
the battle begun
Is
the battle half won!
Fear
not your weakness
But
rely on MY power,
All
I ask NOW
Is
a daily half-hour.
Even
THIS you may take
In
periods 5 -
10
"Hail Marys" at each
Will
make it glide by.
For
each such "decade"
There's
a "Mystery" assigned;
A
marvel of Christ's life
(Mine
too) for your mind.
If
the beads you lack
for
counting the prayers,
The
FINGERS will do -
Those
tools of prayer.
Though
15 in all
These
Mysteries be,
Each
5 in groups 3
Make
1 Rosary.
BEFORE
each decade
Of
the 10 "Hail Marys"
Say
one "Our Father",
This
rule doesn't vary.
At
the END of the 10
Add
one "Glory be",
3
prayers-these enough-
For
my Rosary.
Read
them at first,
Soon
you'll know them by heart,
Easier
then will it be
To
prayer forth to dart.
But
when your mind WANDERS
And
you're tempted to quit,
Resolve
more than EVER
That
Rosary to grip!
It's
the EFFORT, my child,
That
counts with the Lord,
When
the going is harder,
Richer
is the REWARD.
For
HEAVEN God made you
After
life here below,
By
the Rosary I'll LEAD you,
Just
NEVER let go.
If
"An apple a day
Keeps
the doctor away,"
A
ROSARY each day
Keeps
the devil at bay!
THE
MYSTERIES OF THE
HOLY
ROSARY
THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES
MONDAY and THURSDAY
FIRST JOYFUL MYSTERY:
The Angel Gabriel announces
to Mary
that she is to be the
Mother of God
SECOND JOYFUL MYSTERY:
Mary goes to visit Saint
Elizabeth
THIRD JOYFUL MYSTERY:
Jesus is born
in a stable at Bethlehem
FOURTH JOYFUL MYSTERY:
Mary presents Jesus
in the temple
FIFTH JOYFUL MYSTERY:
The finding of the child
Jesus
in the temple of Jerusalem
THE SORROWFUL
MYSTERIES
TUESDAY and FRIDAY
FIRST SORROWFUL MYSTERY:
Jesus prays and sweats
blood
in the Garden of Olives
SECOND SORROWFUL
MYSTERY:
Jesus is scourged and
insulted
THIRD SORROWFUL MYSTERY:
Jesus is crowned with
thorns
and condemned to death
FOURTH SORROWFUL
MYSTERY:
Jesus Climbs the Hill
of
Calvary Carrying the
Cross
FIFTH SORROWFUL MYSTERY:
Jesus is Crucified and
Dies on the Cross
THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES
WEDNESDAY, SATURDAY,
SUNDAY
FIRST GLORIOUS MYSTERY:
Jesus Rises from the
Dead and
manifests Himself to
the Apostles
SECOND GLORIOUS MYSTERY:
Jesus Ascends to Heaven
and
is Crowned in Glory
at the Right Hand of the Father
THIRD GLORIOUS MYSTERY:
The Holy Spirit Descends
upon the Virgin
and the Apostles gathered
together in the Cenacle
FOURTH GLORIOUS MYSTERY:
The Virgin Mary is Assumed,
Body and Soul, into
Heaven
FIFTH GLORIOUS MYSTERY:
The Blessed Virgin is
Crowned
Queen of Heaven and
Earth
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